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July 4, 2009- It was a marathon day full of fun. First up was the kid's parade around Marketplatz in Fredericksburg. Casey should win Father of the Year for the amazing rocket he built for Pecos' parade entry. Pecos was so proud of his rocket horse...just call him Space Cowboy. Pecos won the award for Most Humorous entry and he was by far the crowd favorite but there wasn't an award for that. Of course our opinion of his entry is just a little biased. I provided the pull power during the parade. 
Next up was stick horse races in Doss. Pecos has been practicing for several weeks now. Sometimes he practices with his buddy Jace but other times he practices alone. Like the day before the race when he was practicing in the house with his jockey goggles. We told him all race horse jockeys need to wear goggles in a race; he thought they should also be worn for this particular practice session. 
Next up was stick horse races in Doss. Pecos has been practicing for several weeks now. Sometimes he practices with his buddy Jace but other times he practices alone. Like the day before the race when he was practicing in the house with his jockey goggles. We told him all race horse jockeys need to wear goggles in a race; he thought they should also be worn for this particular practice session. At some point Casey decided to get in on the racing action. But he didn't have jockey goggles so his old chem lab turned power tool safety goggles had to do. Notice these two jockeys ready to run and gritting their teeth for the starting bell.
Once we got to the derby he realized the other jockeys would not be donning the eye gear so he let me hold them while he raced sans goggles. There were no other 2 year-olds at the races so Pecos went up against the big kids- 4, 5 and 6 year-olds- and had fun. I don't think he minded coming in third but he was a little upset that the big race we'd been talking about for days and practicing for was only one short sprint down the track. So we let him take a few solo sprints when the race track was cleared.
Finally we made it home to grill some burgers and light a few fireworks. Pecos loved the roman candles and was so excited about his "firework chickens." But it was all over when we lit our final one and it made an awful shrieking and whistling sound. It hurt my ears too! So we called it quits for the day. Happy Birthday America!!
Finally we made it home to grill some burgers and light a few fireworks. Pecos loved the roman candles and was so excited about his "firework chickens." But it was all over when we lit our final one and it made an awful shrieking and whistling sound. It hurt my ears too! So we called it quits for the day. Happy Birthday America!!
And it was 
So worn out from blowing out candles! 
And of course, another trip to Sea World!!
Another thing Pecos has been up to is plowing, planting and harvesting. And of course he has this tendency to line things up, especially his tractors and farm equipment. I find various farm implements in a row scattered around the house...sometimes in the middle of the floor, sometimes lined up as Pecos says "at the edge of the dirt." I hope he means an imaginary field (the rug) and not actual dirt on the rug. Just what I need, a 2 year old telling me I need to 
In mid-June Miss Chickie hatched two baby chicks. She'd been sitting on a nest of about 10 eggs for a few weeks and we were so excited that she ended up with a couple chicks to add to the growing flock. 
And here's a recent pic of the proud papa, Denis the Wonder Rooster (refresh your memory here- 
Pecos has been spending some time lately with his best cowboy buddy, 
Mimi and Paw Paw visited us over Father's Day weekend. They even hauled live 
And our most recent adventure was visiting Sea World in the 100+ degree heat. There are enough places to 
Of course, everyone expected Pecos' parade entry to be a horse or a tractor. So if him in a race car wasn't funny enough, his driver (Casey) crammed into the car with him made it hilarious. 
I think they were by far the most photographed entry in the parade. And we won a third place ribbon for our entry....considering we don't have ties to any of the founding families of the church we were pretty proud of ourselves. Pecos spent his time on the parade route alternating between waving, throwing candy and checking to make sure his ribbon was still tied onto the car. Casey spent the entire parade route trying to lay a scratch. Now we begin work on his parade entry for the 
Pecos says he can swim like a perch. For the most part Pecos likes to do his own thing- until his teacher comes around- then he is Mr. Showoff. He turns into a kicking and bubble blowing master. 
And in addition to swimming he is learning to spell. The first lesson I was sitting on the edge of the pool and Casey said I should move back because Pecos only wanted to come over to where I was. My reply was, "He doesn't want me, he wants this T-O-Y." Well, that was all it took for Pecos. Now when he gets in the water he yells "I want that T-O-Y!" Everyone thinks he is a genius but he is really just a copycat!
I grabbed my camera and waited for something funny to happen....Pecos had to investigate how the hose pipe works (that's water hose for those non-Cajuns that need a translation). He thought it was so funny he did it over and over again. Of course he got wetter than the horses!
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